IVF and population control due to environmental concerns

[Stripyseagulls]

This is a new one on me. I was out with a group of people last night - I have kids that I was extremely lucky to conceive without IVF. One of the group members was very vocal about IVF and the morality of it. That if you are infertile, because of the environmental & population issues we are facing, IVF should no longer be an option. That infertility is population control in its purest sense.

Aibu to think this is a new view? I found it quite an extreme view and having a friend in her mid 40s going through IVF and the pain of infertility, it’s not something I have ever thought about.

Aibu to think it’s an extreme view? I don’t share it at all but wondered if anyone had come a cross it before?

I am happy for people affected by infertility to have IVF in order to have a child, possibly two.

I would start to question it more if it was people who already had children (whether naturally or also through IVF) for environmental reasons. But I feel the same regarding those who have large families naturally these days - with the direction the planet is heading I don't think it is socially responsible.

In situations where people desperately want a huge family, I think they should look at adoption in order to supplement the children they have had naturally or though IVF.